"Don't make a fuss."
Inside the room, Mad Monk still had his eyes tightly shut, his expression composed.
He continued:
"With their cultivation and combat strength, it's perfectly normal for them to control a few Clay Effigies. After all, these Clay Effigies are nothing but empty shells."
Old Daoist Mao, who was possessing One-Leaf Book, immediately softened his tone:
"I spoke out of turn."
Then One-Leaf Book hovered before the Spirit Mirror again, continuing to stare intently at the images within.
Boom!
Just then, a deafening Qi Explosion rang out from the Spirit Mirror.
Then Xu Taiping and Ping'an could be seen flying straight over the Clay Effigies' heads.
The Clay Effigies, which would normally have pounced to kill even an evil ghost that ventured inside, now remained completely unmoved.
One-Leaf Book immediately felt uneasy.
But remembering that he had only just angered Mad Monk, he ultimately chose to remain silent.
Bang! Bang, bang...!
Then, amid a series of violent collisions, Xu Taiping and Ping'an began assaulting the barrier surrounding the Black Lotus Platform in the mirror's images.
The two clearly wanted to get inside before the Black Lotus Platform closed completely.
Bang!
Bang, bang!
Yet no matter how the two attacked, the lotus images surrounding the Black Lotus Platform seemed inexhaustible, and they simply could not break through them completely.
At this sight, Old Daoist Mao chuckled and said:
"This Black Lotus Barrier has nine times nine layers, eighty-one in all. Unless you can smash every layer in one go, you'll never break through it."
Seeing Xu Taiping and Ping'an begin to force their way through the Black Lotus Barrier, Old Daoist Mao immediately felt reassured.
Hearing this, Mad Monk kept his eyes tightly closed and said expressionlessly:
"If they can't even break through the Black Lotus Barrier, they'll